PPC (Pay Per Click) for small businesses can be an excellent, effective tool if it’s used right. The mistake, in my humble opinion, that many small businesses make when it comes to PPC marketing is that they don’t do their homework and they don’t properly maintain the campaign. For these reasons, they can often spend [...]
If anyone asked me “What’s the most common question you get from prospects?” My answer would be, “What’s the secret to getting my site on top?”
I usually laugh a little and say something like, “…there is no secret…just hard work…” But I wonder if they believe me. Maybe sometimes they do. Certainly the ones who [...]
If you’ve read anything I’ve written in the last 10 years or have heard me speak at any one of the gatherings I’ve been invited to, you may have heard me use the phrase “Feed the Fetish”.
What I mean, when I say that, is Feed The Customer! On the Internet that means, feed their current [...]
In today’s tough economy, more and more individuals are looking at earning income on their own. In other words, starting a small business. It doesn’t matter if the business is from the kitchen table or from an office, the number of small businesses are exploding. It’s no surprise. With fewer available jobs, it’s just a [...]
There’s no doubt that the BEST use of any website statistics programs is tracking the goals that you set up for the website.
Wait, what? Did I hear you say “What goals?” – Are you one of the millions of website owners who don’t have specific goals for each website page? Then, what are you marketing? [...]
Leave it to Google Analytics to come up with more ways to track those precious visitors throughout your website! After all, if you know what your visitors are doing (or not doing) you’ll be able to further tweak your website to meet their needs. And isn’t that what business is all about? Meeting the needs [...]
Although we’ve been using Google Analytics for the past many years it’s always good to look and see what other free website stats programs are available and how they stack up.
Google Analytics
Comparing Google Analytics and Awstats
Comparing Google Analytics and StatCounter
Comparing Google Analytics and GetClicky
Comparing Google Analytics and Woopra
Awstats
Comparing Awstats to GetClicky
Comparing Awstats to Woopra
Comparing Awstats [...]
If you’re not familiar with the benchmarking stats that Google Analytics gives you or how to use it, here’s some information that you may find useful.
According to Google, benchmarking is described as…
“…an optional Google Analytics service that shows how your website’s statistics compare against other industry verticals. In the beta version of this service, you [...]
Well, as you may have guessed, this month, the theme of the blog is Website Statistics. Mainly, Google Analytics since we use that and are most familiar with it.
Today’s topic is on Bounce Rates. If you’re not checking your website bounce rates, you should. So, let’s see if I can explain it to you and [...]
There are some FABULOUS statistics that you can get about the visitors to your website via the Google Analytics tool. Let me give you a brief explanation of each section.
Benchmarking
Google explains “benchmarking” like this…”Based on the number of visits each site receives, sites of similar sizes are grouped together under three classifications: small, medium, and [...]
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